Collinwood

Collinwood is a neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. The neighborhood was originally a village in Euclid Township, but it was annexed by Cleveland in 1910. For much of the 20th century, Collinwood thrived due to heavy industry, and its rail yards, General Motors' Fisher Body plant, and General Electric's Pitney Glass Works employed thousands of workers. By the eve of World War II, large numbers of white Europeans and southern Appalachians had settled in Collinwood, and the 1960s saw an influx of African-Americans, who became a majority in the neighborhood's north and south sides. During the 1970s, Collinwood was the site of a gang war between the Irish Mob's "Celtic Club" under Danny Greene and the American Mafia's Cleveland crime family, and the war ended with Greene's death in a 1977 car bombing. During the 21st century, artists moved into the inexpensive houses in Collinwood, and the Waterloo Road business district was revitalized by this population influx. In 2000, Collinwood had a population of 34,220 people, with 62.5% being black, 34.6% white, 1% Hispanic, and less than 1% each of Asian or others.